Summary
Accomplished, detail oriented Graphic Designer with experience as a Customer Service Supervisor and Project Manager in thepublishing, corporate communications and marketing areas. Strong communicator with a proven record of excellence designing publications and implementing successful marketing, promotional and meeting materials in both print and web. Develop innovative concepts that successfully meet client needs against tight budgets and deadlines. Widely recognized for outstanding leadership
skills and involvement in community organizations.
Projects
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Skills
- Coordinate well with sales and marketing staff to produce budgets, presentations, outstanding proposal graphics as well as branding
and marketing materials - Develop strong relationship with editorial staff to supervise production, facilitate tight deadlines, and successfully manage budgets
within team-based structure, expert at multi-tasking - Tactful leadership skills with trained client services and project management expertise
- Talented conceptual and creative thinker exhibiting strong ability to work with and mentor creative and editorial team
- Exceptional eye for visual details and quality – a passionate commitment to pursue great ideas using full range of solid graphic
and typographic skills - Establish extensive stable of talented freelancers, reliable vendors, and pre-press contacts
- Post and pre-press production, paper specification, printer quotes, and on-press direction
- Supervise projects from start-to-finish, (including photographic, and illustration assignment)
- Supervise full time staff and full-time freelance assistants
Computer
Skills
- Expert in Mac OSX Snow Leopard based QuarkExpress, QPS, CS3: Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, PageMaker, Microsoft Projects, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Pre-flight software – i.e.: Flightcheck, Fetch, Adobe Acrobat, and Windows operating system, HTML, CSS, Flash and InDesign
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Experience
2003 to present • Promotionalink • Williston Park, NY2005 to 2007 • Multicultural Healthcare Education Foundation, Inc • New York, NY
2004 to 2005 • Raymour & Flannigan • Carle Place, NY
1999 to 2003 • SCP Communications • New York, NY
1987 to 1999 • Cliggott Communications (Corporate merger with SCP – Fall 1998) • Greenwich, CT
1983 to 1987 • Nature Publishing Company/MacMillan Journals of London • New York, NY
1980 to 1983 • Betty Binns Graphics • New York, NY
1979 to 1983 • Lebhar Friedman Publishing • New York, NY
1978 to 1979 • Independent Retailers Syndicate, Inc • New York, NY
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Education
University of Kansas • Lawrence, KS • BFA, Design Major – Advertising/Editorial Art and Fashion IllustrationPost Graduate Study – Editorial Design, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
- Dreamweaver and Flash, ComputerTeach, Great Neck, NY
- Web design & Implementation, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
Professional
Affiliations
BizMac, Society of Publication Designers
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Community
Affiliations
Nassau County Museum of Art - lead museum tours and family workshopJLLI ~ Junior League of Long Island, Board of Directors
LIVC ~ Long Island Volunteer Center, Web Development and Maintenance
Developed mentoring skills as a trained Girl Scout leader